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PowerPC Windows NT ported to Nintendo GameCube/Wii/Wii U

9 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 4 stories, 5 comments · first 2025-02-26 · latest 2026-10-31

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  1. Same guy who made NT for Macintosh https://github.com/Wack0/Macintosh and GC/Wii https://github.com/Wack0/entii-for-workcubes if you're unaware.
    comment by unleaded · 2026-10-31 · in My favourite PowerMac is a Nintendo Wii
  2. There was a Windows NT 4.0 for PowerPC. And several people have had this running on the Wii. https://github.com/Wack0/entii-for-workcubes Much easier to do, because of the superior, more modern architecture of Windows NT. (It's not based…
    comment by fortran77 · 2026-04-09 · in I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii
  3. There was a PPC version of Windows NT, and yes someone put it on the Wii! https://github.com/Wack0/entii-for-workcubes See also: https://gbatemp.net/threads/windows-nt-ported-to-wii.667959/
    comment by nticompass · 2026-04-08 · in I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii
  4. …Nintendo GameCube and Wii are also PowerPC based. And somebody managed to have them run Windows NT: https://github.com/Wack0/entii-for-workcubes
    comment by gattilorenz · 2025-10-30 · in OS/2 Warp, PowerPC Edition (2011)
  5. Original source: https://github.com/Wack0/entii-for-workcubes (6 points, 1 comment so far) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43189080